S3E17: That Which Survives ⋆.˚ ✧ · ˚⊹ ·

Today in the Department of Before They Were Star Trek Stars, DeForest Kelley guest stars in "No Amnesty for Death," episode 25 of the third season of Bat Masterson (original air date March 30, 1961).

Kelley plays one of three men who are about to be hanged for their participation in the Lincoln County War when Bat Masterson arrives with a last-minute pardon, to the horror of the local sheriff, whose sons were killed in the conflict. As soon as the prisoners are released, they immediately rob a stagecoach and Kelley kills the driver. Masterson helps track them down, but instead of arresting them the sheriff starts a gunfight in which he and Kelley are both killed. Another perfectly good saloon floor ruined.

I need to express my love for Scotty, specifically in the TOS episode "Spectre of the Gun", which is another favourite of mine, because, he's so fucking beautiful in that episode. Him and Bones...ugh I CANT!

Scotty also is funny as fuck in that episode, just necks back the whiskey saying "it's to kill the pain" then Spock looking at him like "😕" saying "but this is painless" then Scotty holding a face back because of the alcohol saying "you should have warned me sooner Mr spock"

THE AMOUNT OF TIMES IVE WATCHED THIS EPISODE JUST FOR MCCOY AND SCOTTY...it's an embarrassingly large amount I have to say

Candid De

Found this on a public page on Facebook (I'm not stalking people I swear!). This was for a Palmetto Cheese contest (say cheese) and the caption read: "Me and my cousin all dressed for a 9th grade dance; more years than I like to think about have passed. With us in the picture is my mother's cousin DeForest Kelley." She thought the picture was from around 1961.

Excuse me!?

*From TOS season 3 bloopers.

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) // Dir. Leonard Nimoy

He’s my favorite hater

The key to understanding Leonard McCoy is that he only ACTS like he hates everyone and everything. Underneath that sarcastic abrasive middle aged man is a fundamental love for living creatures, desire to help others so strong that he made a career of it and a respect for the simple joys, which occasionally show their face when he's turning on the southern charm for a woman or offering to sacrifice himself to save a patient. I mean, you'd probably be a bit grumpy too if your marriage ended and you were stuck in space (a place you hate) trying to stop your best friends getting themselves killed when you could be spending time with your daughter. He's not surly and outspoken because he doesn't care, he's surly and outspoken precisely because he cares so much and yes, that has got him hurt before and probably will again but dammit, he's not going to let that stop him being what he is - an old country doctor who will do anything he can to help people. I love his sardonic witty banter as much as anyone but I think the real reason we take him into our hearts is because despite his complaining he's arguably the most down-to-earth, no-nonsense character in TOS and deep down we all admire his simple selfless dedication to caring for others. Never change, Bones.

My dad managed to send me a Dr. McCoy meme I had miraculously never seen before:

STAR TREK (1966–1969)

STAR TREK: THE FINAL FRONTIER

STAR TREK IV: THE VOYAGE HOME (1986) dir. Leonard Nimoy

DOCTOR MCCOY HAS SO MUCH RIZZ WHAT THE FUCK (s:3 e:19- requiem of Methuselah)

Rayna- "Flint is my teacher... You're the only other men I've ever seen"

McCoy- "Misfortune of men everywhere...and our privilege"

MCCOY!!!

M C C O Y

I had to take a fucking BREATHER

I'm sorry if a mAN said that to me...I'm falling

little tos photo dump

Star Trek: The Original Series main cast by Frank Kelly Freas.